FATHERS AND FAMILY-CENTERED EARLY INTERVENTION

Involving fathers in family-centered services presents a number of cha llenges to early intervention service providers. One is to move beyond practices responsive to the priorities and preferences of only the mo ther, to providing that intervention in a manner that responds to the priorities and preferences of both mother and father. This article rev iews the influence of the father's positive relationship on his develo ping child and on his own satisfaction. It also suggests approaches th at may facilitate that relationship with his child and with the child' s early intervention program.